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Get your Amazon Gift Card? fightspam.ca

It’s Xmas time, so of course this is the time of year when people try to take advantage, have you ever got one of those surprise Amazon Gift Cards in the email?

Well, here is an example of what hit the internet today.

By the way, if you are are Canadian and get one of these emails, do you know that you can report it to the website http://fightspam.ca? This is a service operated as part of the Canadian governments Anti-Spam legislation.

In this case it came from a network operated by a canadian operator, but it hit ISP’s all over North America.

Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This operator has sprung up on many networks around the world, and many hosting companies right here in North America. However, the damage they can do in only a short few hours is why it is so important for hosting providers to monitor any sudden new email traffic spikes from their customer base.